continued on duty in the region where he had already operated so successfully; and, on the 13th of December, was engaged in the battle of Camp Alleghany. Here he again showed his usual gallantry. On the 20th, he was placed in command of the District of Cheat Mountain, where he passed the winter.

His next service was in the Mountain Department, under GENERAL FREMONT. While in this region, he fought the battle of McDowell, in which, with a force of five regiments, numbering less than 2,300 men, he held at bay, for a whole afternoon, a body of twelve regiments of the enemy, under command of "STONEWALL" JACKSON, inflicting a loss of 498, while his own loss was but 256. At night, he safely retreated to a stronger position. "Too much praise can not be awarded to GENERAL MILROY for steady gallantry and courage manifested throughout the whole affair," says the official report. Afterward, he was engaged at second Bull Run, where he showed his usual gallantry. For his conduct in these actions, he was promoted to major-general, to rank from November 29, 1862. Except in the case of officers of the regular army, he was the third from Indiana appointed brigadier-general, and the second appointed majorgeneral.

In the Shenandoah Valley, where he was next stationed, his course was marked by extraordinary vigor and activity. His action in levying assessments on the people was the occasion of much angry correspondence on the part of the Confederate government, and he himself was subjected to unmerited reproach. During the ensuing campaigns, he was employed at various places till the autumn of 1864, when he was sent to Tennessee. Here, on the 7th and 8th of December, near Murfreesboro, with a brigade of raw troops, he met. and defeated BATE'S Confederate division, sent from HooD's army before Nashville to help FORREST capture the town.

Leaving the service at the end of the war, GENERAL MILROY remained for some time at the South, intending to make that section his home, but the conditions were unfavorable. Returning to Indiana, he resumed the practice of the law at Delphi, taking also an active part in politics. In 1871, he was appointed by PRESIDENT GRANT

United States marshal for Wyoming Territory, but declined the appointment. In 1872, he was made superintendent of Indian affairs for Washington Territory. Thereafter, he made his home on the Pacific coast. The office was abolished in 1874. In 1875, he was appointed United States District attorney for the territory, but declined, and the same year was made Indian agent. This position he held, through all changes of administration, till 1885, when he was removed. He continued to reside at Olympia till his death.

In all the relations of life, GENERAL MILROY was a man of the highest personal character for integrity and uprightness, as well as for kindness and generosity of disposition. Warm-hearted, impulsive, and ardent in his feelings, he was incapable of concealment or deceit. His integrity and morality were unspotted. His courage and energy, as a soldier, were unsurpassed. In his conduct as Indian agent, he soon acquired the confidence of all the tribes, and they trusted him implicitly. Even after his removal from office, they would come to him when in trouble, to seek counsel and advice from one who had so truly proved himself their friend.

In appearance, GENERAL MILROY was very striking. Over six feet in height, straight as an arrow, his head covered with an abundance of hair, which was early tinged with gray, he was called the "Gray Eagle." His manner was free and pleasant. His conversation was interesting and full of animation.

His devotion to his coun

try was ardent and unceasing. To the last he retained his interest in his military associations. One of the early members of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, he continued his connection with it until his removal to the Far West, beyond its reach. He was also a comrade of the Grand Army, and a companion of the Loyal Legion.

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL JULIUS WHITE.

WHITE. Died, in Chicago, Illinois, May 12, 1890, JULIUS WHITE, late Brevet Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, aged 73 years, 7 months, 14 days.

JULIUS WHITE was born at Cazenovia, N. Y., September 29, 1816. Of his early years no record is at hand, but he was well born, well taught, and well principled.

Quite early in life he went to Chicago, when that great city was in the first struggles of its marvelous growth. He was living there a life of ease and comfort, and had almost reached the age of exemption from military duty when the war of the Rebellion summoned him to new duties. He raised the 37th Illinois Infantry, and was mustered into service as its colonel on the 18th of September, 1861. He was at once sent to Missouri, then the chief scene of military activity, and in December was placed in command of the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, Army of the South-west, commanded by MAJOR-GENERAL S. R. CURTIS. Under that general he took an active and gallant part in the battle of Pea Ridge.

On the 9th of June, 1862, he was promoted to be brigadier-general of volunteers, and ordered east. Here he took part in the unfortunate and ill-starred campaign which resulted in the evacuation of Winchester, where he was in command, and the subsequent surrender of Harper's Ferry by GENERAL D. S. MILES. Both of these operations were investigated by a court of inquiry, of which GENERAL HUNTER was president, and in both the conduct of GENERAL WHITE received the highest commendation. The judgment of the court in regard to the evacuation of Winchester was that it was in accordance with orders from the general in chief, and that "he conducted the move as a cool and capable officer." In regard to Harper's Ferry, the court found that "of the subordinate officers . there was

nothing that calls for censure. On the contrary, GENERAL JULIUS WHITE merits approbation. He appears to have acted with decided capability and courage."

In the subsequent reorganization, GENERAL WHITE was assigned to the Army of Ohio, under GENERAL BURNSIDE. He took part in the East Tennessee campaign, and when the 9th Corps returned east, accompanied it, serving with credit and distinction till his resignation on the 19th of November, 1864, after more than three years of gallant and faithful service. On the 13th of March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, for "gallant and meritorious services during the war.”

He returned to Chicago, where he once more took up the active duties of civil life. At the time of his death, GENERAL WHITE had just been elected commander of the Illinois Commandery of the Loyal Legion, a position into which he was never installed. Within a week after his election, he was no longer living.

The commandery, in the record made of him after his death, says: "He was a brave soldier-a man who performed thoroughly and well all the duties which the fortunes of war and the claims of civil life put upon him; and the world is better for his having passed through it."

COLONEL JOHN A. MARTIN.

MARTIN.-Died, in Atchison, Kansas, October 2, 1889, JOHN A. MARTIN, late Colonel of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry and Brevet BrigadierGeneral, U. S. Volunteers, aged 50 years, 6 months, 23 days.

JOHN ALEXANDER MARTIN was born at Brownsville, a little town in the south-western part of Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela river, March 10, 1839. Through his mother, he was kindred to the brave COLONEL CRAWFORD, the story of whose cruel death at the hands of Indians long chilled the blood, as it was told by the borderers' fires at night. He was also of kin with the sturdy families. which founded his native town-the BROWNS, the BLAINES, the GIL

LESPIES.

He passed his boyhood in Brownsville, attending the school of "MASTER" GIBBONS, of whom he spoke in after years with reverence and affection, holding him up as a model teacher.

At the age of 15, he began to learn, in the office of the "Brownsville Cliffs," the art of printing--at a time when printing was taught as an art, and apprenticeship served as an education. His employer, MR. HURD, was his instructor, especially in English grammar, which was taught to the apprentices after the labors of the day.

Early in 1857, young MARTIN, then eighteen years old, found employment as compositor in the office of the "Commercial Journal," of Pittsburg. He had already become profoundly interested in the stirring politics of that time, though yet in his minority. In October, of 1857, he moved, with his father's family, to the rising young town of Atchison, Kansas, then the very hot-bed of dissension and strife. He was young, strong, handsome, master of his trade, full of zeal for freedom. These were qualifications enough. He at once began the work which he never laid down while life lasted. He threw himself with a boy's ardor, yet with a man's steadfast devotion, into the great conflict for freedom in Kansas.

In February, 1858, before he was nineteen years old, he bought the "Squatter-Sovereign," a border-ruffian paper of the most vindictive character, which he at once re-named, in harmony with its new and noble mission, "Freedom's Champion." On the 20th of that month, he began his editorial career, which lasted for more than thirty years. On the day of his death, the "Atchison Champion" still bore, at the head of its columns, the legend, "JOHN A. MARTIN, Publisher and Proprietor."

Fully to write his life would be to write a large part of the history of Kansas. He was one of the organizers of the Republican party there. He was, in 1859, secretary of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, which framed the present constitution of Kansas. In 1860, he was chosen to the state senate, and was barely of age at the close of his term. He was delegate to the National Republican Convention, in 1860, at which ABRAHAM LINCOLN was nominated for President. Later, he was secretary of the great railroad convention at